This is my impressed face

[pez]

Reading around on LJ, you know what makes me glad? You guys - my friends list - being sensible. Not all the time, of course, but sensible when sense is really needed. Really, the sort of things I read about on other people's LJ, flists and comments run along these lines:

• People demanding DL5, or anything really, to be shared. (Because it's their RIGHT to have it and people who own it have a DUTY to share, yeah baby.)


• People reuploading flocked things when specifically requested not to. (If I share it on a Chinese forum, surely the OP won't find out and what people don't know doesn't hurt them!!11omg1!)


• People commenting on an entry of someone celebrating Michael Phelp's Olympic win saying "the West Coast feed is three hours behind, please do not spoil" (WTF. It's swimming. It's an event that lasts for mere minutes, you haven't been spoiled for blow-by-blow action where Swimming A overtook Swimmer B who then did a left turn and crashed into Swimmer C. Honey, this isn't racing, tennis or football. And the Olympics has the whole world watching. If you don't want to be spoiled, stay off the World Wide Web. And the TV. And radio. Maybe don't go out too, in case you accidentally hear someone discussing it. Or, maybe you could stop getting your panties in a twist.)

etc, etc.

Ah, internet.

Comments

[kedi-kedi.livejournal.com]

Somehow the internets sucks away people's manners and 2 very simple but important words.

People don't understand how happy it makes a person when they show a little bit of thanks and appreciation from something they've spent time/money over and are willing to share it with others. Gratitude is very hard to come by these days but something so simple as "thank you" is gratifying in so many ways.

To go ahead and download something, not say thanks for it and then SHARE it elsewhere, somewhere where they don't think the OP wont look and get credit for it is just like theft. There needs to be penalties for these types of people.

Uurrrggghhhh I want to slap these DL5 requesters! Actually, I want to slap a lot of people who request things and expect people to just say "OH HERE IT IZ!" and come running to them on hand and foot. No one has any obligation to share or spoon feed you things but they do it out of the goodness of their heart and when people can't respect that, they shouldn't be allowed to benefit from these people that are directly leeching from.

It really does get to me, this fandom has become so damn selfish :<